Some systems provide the ability to password-protect their drives. If your system has password protection enabled, the Intel SSD may reject any requests from the host to update the firmware. Turn off the drive password protection prior to beginning the Firmware update process.

Although it varies from system to system, you can usually find the Drive Password Protection feature located in the BIOS. Consult your system documentation for the BIOS settings and passwords.

For Corporate customers who wish to use the Intel® SSD Toolbox for their internal corporate use, please download the Intel_SSD_Toolbox_v3_4_7.zip. While the software includes an embedded alternative license, the “NSGSoftwareLicenseAgreement__EULAandCorporateEntity__2017.docx” agreement included with the download applies.

Note: Firmware update for the Intel® SSD 750 Series on Windows 7 and 8.1 requires the NVMe* Drivers for Intel® SSD’s. For Windows 10 the Microsoft Native NVMe* driver may be used.

What is new?

This revision adds a firmware update for the 256GB and 512GB Intel® SSD 540s and Pro 5400s Series products as well as firmware updates for the Intel® SSD 545s and DC S3520 Series drives.

For the 256GB and 512GB Intel® SSD 540s Series, the latest firmware revision is 015C.

For the 256GB and 512GB Intel® SSD Pro 5400s Series, the latest firmware revision is 015P.

For the Intel® SSD 545s Series, the latest firmware revision is 002C.

For the Intel® SSD DC S3520 Series, the latest firmware revision is N2010121.

Getting Started

Before beginning the Intel SSD Toolbox installation, review the Release Notes. The User’s Guide for the Intel® SSD Toolbox can be found here.

NOTE: Installing this version of the Intel SSD Toolbox overwrites previous versions of Intel SSD Toolbox.

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